Results 1-16 of 16 for flu speaker:Joan Burton

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: ..., why is it suddenly not a food? The Minister must explain himself. I am sure that he has taken various remedies that people have recommended, possibly including cod liver oil for a bout of flu.

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: ...combination of this bug in hospitals and vulnerable people, both older and younger, going into hospitals as inpatients means a much higher risk in terms of mortality in that those who are ill with flu can get pneumonia and are highly exposed to the risk of developing the CPE bug. The HSE message is not being communicated sufficiently to people, including the HSE's own staff, where there...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: ...out to be one of the most challenging winters facing the health services in decades. All the indications are that Ireland is at high risk of a health crisis this winter due to a combination of a flu epidemic and concerns over the spread of the super bug, CPE. I, therefore, call on the Minister for Health to establish a single task force to deal with the possibility of a deadly...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Commencement of Legislation (17 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: ...normally be regarded as residing with for social welfare payment purposes. Amends section 40 of the SWCA 2005 to enable claims for Illness Benefit to be processed in the event of the outbreak of a flu pandemic. Amends section 220 of the SWCA 2005 to clarify the rules relating to which parent a child will normally be regarded as residing with for Child Benefit purposes. This amendment is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Commencement of Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Joan Burton: ...parent a child will normally be regarded as residing with for social welfare payment purposes. Amends section 40 of the SWCA 2005 to enable claims for Illness Benefit to be processed in the event of the outbreak of a flu pandemic. Amends section 220 of the SWCA 2005 to clarify the rules relating to which parent a child will normally be regarded as residing with for Child Benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Legislative Process (1 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: ...necessity in the light of this review. - Section 6 Amends section 40 of the SW Consolidation Act 2005 to enable claims for Illness Benefit to be processed in the event of the outbreak of a flu pandemic. This provision will be commenced if the need arises. Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 (contd) - - - Section 14 Amends section 220 of the SW Consolidation...

Price Inflation. (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: ...will the Minister do about the person who, having been asked to take a wage cut and taken such a cut, will continue to be asked for €60 when he or she takes his or her child to the doctor with a flu because he or she does not have a medical card? No reduction in fees will apply to people who have to purchase essential services like health services. On the contrary, they have gone up...

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (5 Mar 2008)

Joan Burton: ...of visits to a GP, the standard fee on the north side of Dublin is €55. It is very easy for such a family without a medical card experiencing normal childhood illnesses and perhaps a bout of 'flu in the course of a year, to run up medical costs of between €400 and €700. The figure will obviously be much higher if somebody is more seriously ill or has a more protracted illness....

Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)

Joan Burton: ...to Harvard, this year. There are more than 878,000 workers, as per page C22 in the budget, on such low incomes that they do not qualify to pay tax at all. These are people for whom a winter 'flu without a medical card or a doctor-only card becomes a nightmare, particularly if they have one or two children and must make multiple visits to a doctor at €50 per time, along with another...

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: ...will be possible to claim tax relief on all medical expenses and that there is no threshold? Young families and single individuals who go to the doctor irregularly, perhaps only during the winter flu season, need to know this. They also need to know that they only have four years in which to claim. Those who pay €200 to €400 in medical GP bills for themselves and their children...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (29 Nov 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation regarding the procedures in place to deal with an avian flu outbreak; if new initiatives have been put in place by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40531/06]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (29 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself with the preparations in place for the protection of the country from avian flu; the position regarding recent international developments in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12235/06]

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Joan Burton: ...might have given €50 per week for children under six years of age, something the Labour Party sought. I do not want to sound churlish but if a family with two children have a bad bout of winter 'flu or asthma and it does not have a full or a "yellow pack" medical card, it will cost €50 in this town to visit a doctor, even on the north side. A bout of 'flu or asthma in a family is...

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2005)

Joan Burton: ...GP will rise from the current price range of between €45 and €50 to a new level of probably €50 to €55 per visit. A family above the medical card limit with two children suffering a winter 'flu episode may well end up spending more than €600 for a few visits each to the GP plus medication. There is hardly any country in the European Union where doctor's visits are as exorbitant...

Written Answers — Influenza Outbreak: Influenza Outbreak (23 Mar 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the stock of flu vaccines available to deal with any flu pandemic; if it is intended to increase these stocks; when this will be done; if she has satisfied herself that all appropriate steps are in place to deal with any such pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9389/05]

Written Answers — Influenza Pandemic: Influenza Pandemic (10 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to recent concerns expressed that this country may not be adequately prepared to deal with any flu pandemic; the procedures which are in place to deal with such a situation; the reserves of vaccine held to deal with such a situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4204/05]